“I am currently a full-time professional triathlete. That means I spend many hours every day swimming, cycling and running. On average, that adds up to 25-30 hours of exercise a week. My body has to withstand major strain, and as a competitive athlete I often push myself to my physical and mental limits in order to keep improving my performance. Pure triathlon training can be very one-sided for the body and can lead to overuse injuries in the long term. Through my training as a physiotherapist, I know that competitive sport is not health sport. Nevertheless, I chose the path of a professional athlete and take great pleasure in my profession.
To stay healthy and avoid harming my body, I was looking for a joint-friendly training variant that would bring fun and variety into my training. That’s how I came across the bellicon trampoline.
Besides the fun and variety that training on the bellicon brings me, I particularly benefit in the following ways:
- I can move running sessions onto the trampoline and thereby relieve my passive musculoskeletal system.
- I can strengthen my deep muscles and my pelvic floor, giving me more strength in my triathlon-specific training sessions.
- Jumping on the bellicon stimulates lymph flow and helps my body recover faster after hard sessions.
- It offers me versatile ways to strengthen my muscles.
- It trains my balance and helps me be more stable when running.
- It brings me joy and feels less like strict training.
Thanks to the variety in my training, I hope to get through my season injury-free and also to benefit from an increased performance capacity in the long term.”